Women have been involved in terrorist activities for more than 100 years, but from 2007 to 2008 there was an 800 perc

When a middle-aged mother took a taxi alone from Baghdad to Nasiriyah, about 300 kilometres south earlier this year,

Rosemary Gonzalez was murdered in 2009, the victim of a war that ended in 1996.

The Ministry of State for Women Affairs agreed on Thursday with the Ministries of Health, Labor and Interior and the

A leading human rights group released a report Monday documenting the proliferation of human rights abuses in Iraq si

Despite being the main victims in regional armed conflicts, women are still excluded from playing a role in conflict

Displaced Iraqi female-headed families who have returned home are still experiencing major livelihood challenges, say

The hallways of a grade school were uncharacteristically silent and absent of students as they had been for months pr

Two months ago, the State Department released its 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report (TiP Report), laying out a pictu

On the third anniversary of the stoning of Du'a Khalil Aswad to death in public and in condemnation of all forms of v

Today, International Women's Day, marks the economic, social and political achievements of women.

Iraqi security forces have arrested an Al Qaeda operative suspected of recruiting women to carry out suicide

Iraqi women who have been uprooted by violence in their country are increasingly susceptible to exploitation and abus